MetadataSerializer.ReadMetadata Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.IdentityModel.Metadata

Assembly:

System.IdentityModel.dll

Reads an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.

Overloads

ReadMetadata(Stream)	Reads the specified stream to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.
ReadMetadata(XmlReader)	Reads the specified XML reader to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.
ReadMetadata(XmlReader, SecurityTokenResolver)	Read the given XmlReader to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.

ReadMetadata(Stream)

Reads the specified stream to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.

public:
 System::IdentityModel::Metadata::MetadataBase ^ ReadMetadata(System::IO::Stream ^ stream);

public System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase ReadMetadata (System.IO.Stream stream);

member this.ReadMetadata : System.IO.Stream -> System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase

Public Function ReadMetadata (stream As Stream) As MetadataBase

Parameters

stream

Stream

The stream to read.

Returns

MetadataBase

The descriptor. An instance of the EntityDescriptor or EntitiesDescriptor class.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

stream is null.

ReadMetadata(XmlReader)

Reads the specified XML reader to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.

public:
 System::IdentityModel::Metadata::MetadataBase ^ ReadMetadata(System::Xml::XmlReader ^ reader);

public System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase ReadMetadata (System.Xml.XmlReader reader);

member this.ReadMetadata : System.Xml.XmlReader -> System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase

Public Function ReadMetadata (reader As XmlReader) As MetadataBase

Parameters

reader

XmlReader

The XML reader to be read.

Returns

MetadataBase

The descriptor. An instance of the EntityDescriptor or EntitiesDescriptor class.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

reader is null.

ReadMetadata(XmlReader, SecurityTokenResolver)

Read the given XmlReader to deserialize an entity descriptor or an entities descriptor.

public:
 System::IdentityModel::Metadata::MetadataBase ^ ReadMetadata(System::Xml::XmlReader ^ reader, System::IdentityModel::Selectors::SecurityTokenResolver ^ tokenResolver);

public System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase ReadMetadata (System.Xml.XmlReader reader, System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenResolver tokenResolver);

member this.ReadMetadata : System.Xml.XmlReader * System.IdentityModel.Selectors.SecurityTokenResolver -> System.IdentityModel.Metadata.MetadataBase

Public Function ReadMetadata (reader As XmlReader, tokenResolver As SecurityTokenResolver) As MetadataBase

Parameters

reader

XmlReader

The XML reader to be read.

tokenResolver

SecurityTokenResolver

The token resolver to use to resolve the signature token.

Returns

MetadataBase

The descriptor. An instance of the EntityDescriptor or EntitiesDescriptor class.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

reader is null.

-or-

tokenResolver is null.